Czech

Not applicable.

Students will gain an insight into both development of photography and its contemporaneous trends. They will be able enrich insight into their own photographic practice, they will learn more about the language of photography and the basics of its gallery presentation.

Basic knowledge of the 19th and 20th century visual culture.

Not applicable.

Lectures - introductions to theoretical and historical aspects of the topics, audiovisual demonstrations, formal and content analysis of the images, discussion.

Exam (written test)

1. Out of the game (sport in photography)
2. Limits of the nude as a genre
3. Images of corporeality
4. Someone is watching (the history of the gaze. vouyerism...)
5. "As if" game: postmodern photography
6. The Issues of memory
7. New spirituality
8. Key theories of photography
9. Spaces of art (self-reflecting photography)
10. The language of advertising
11. The coat-hanger (fashion photography) - history, the phenomenon of fashion models, pictue magazines, contemporary fashion photograhy as the cross-section of genres.
12. How to display photography (from selecting photographs to their framing, installation; gallery spaces, PR, invitation cards, follow-up events, exhibition documentation)
13. Field trip - a visit of a photography exhibition ( the field trip will take place during the semestre, depending on the current choice)

Not applicable.

The aim of this course is to reflect on the actual position of photography in a context of its historical developments. Introduction of new media and social thematics into photography will be of particular interest, as well as a crossing of borders of traditional genre of photography. Photography will be introduced not only as artistic medium but more broadly defined tool for visual communication as well (as in family, science, commercial etc. photography).

Controlled attendance (up to 3 absences are tolerated).

Not applicable.

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